Perhaps a Solution...

out of school two years
wasting life in florida
i'm seeing the light

As we've all come to know, I am miserable here in Florida. As some of us know, I've been putting off taking the LSAT since spring semester, senior year of college. My new test date is 30 septiembre 2006. Will I put it off again, I've yet to know, however a new prospect has presented itself in the form of the Nation of Chulo.

I was speaking to Montez about his LSAT experience, and he took a prep course in New York called Binary Solution. It's supposed to be the gold standard in LSAT prep courses, only problem is it is only offered in New York. The course is three months long. In theory, if I were to embark on this program I would be in New York for three months giving me an opportunity to fully get to know the Big Apple and if it's someplace I'd like to live on the regular. I could also keep my job and work at a Blockbuster up there by transferring (with a potential pay increase) and put my student loans on forbearance or whatever, so that I have money to pitch in for house expenses and such while maintaining my Chulo lifestyle.

This all came out of a discussion that I had with my father where I told him that while I love him, a part of me hates him for what he's done to my life. You see boys and girls, Nana worked for the Providence Journal Bulletin for years, and I was practically guaranteed a job there after I graduated Ithaca. But rather than have a house in Rhode Island and a house in Florida, my father got slightly selfish and sold it all, moving us here to this defunct state that should be removed from the Union based on principle alone.

The conversation went on for about forty-five minutes, my mother was listening on in the darkness, much to our unsuspecting sharp tongues. She hates it here as much as I do, and at dinner tonite she acknowledged there's not much we can do for at least six months because of the capital gains issue we've discussed ad. nauseam.

When she finally joined the conversation, she told me that Law School would probably be a good thing for me. I'm argumentative and determined to fight for causes I believe in, often in defense of those who can not defend themselves. If you take the LSAT more than once they look poorly at you, which is part of the reluctance to take it -- I know I'm not prepared.

I think that with three months in New York working and living with the boys, while prepping for the LSAT would be a good thing for me. It would get me out of this rut that I've become trapped in and it would give me a chance to see if it's really where my heart is. Albeit, some of my friends have become distant, I'm sure that with me in the city I'll be a happier Chulo, and being back in school would keep me focused on something other than sleep and that's gonna be due on Friday by noon.

I don't want to be an inconvenience tho -- I would never want to impose on their lives for such an extended period of time. I'm sure my mother will have something to say about it too, but right now this isn't about her. I've been deceived one time too many by those who love me, and right now, I need to do me.

I need to speak to my boss as soon as possible and find a store that needs an assistant manager because while I'm returning from New York the 14th of junio the class starts el 15 de julio.

It sounds like a good plan, but I need to make sure that all involved will be supportive of my mission. If I can do well on the LSAT, I can use my undergraduate degree in television & radio as a segue into media or copyright law. And if I do really well, then I might just be able to stick around that city to go to school at NYU Law.

I'm tired of watching my life dissolve into a seemingly endless void -- I need to do something significant with myself. I'm scheduled to take the LSAT here in West Palm Beach, and I have no problem coming back here after a three month interruption of our daily programming.

All things considered, this sounds like a solid plan if the stars all align in my favor...